Latest Photos of Harvey's Disastrous Flooding

Less than a week ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall, and in the days following, it dumped trillions of gallons of rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana, spawning unprecedented flooding. More than 13,000 rescues have been made so far, with more taking place as the storm and floodwaters shift to the east. With rainfall accumulation measured at 51.88 inches, Harvey set the record as the wettest tropical cyclone ever to hit the contiguous United States. Recovery, which is predicted to last months or years, has only just begun.

Matthew Koser looks for important papers and heirlooms inside his grandfather's house after it was flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017, in the Bear Creek neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir.#

Steven Sullivan of the Leander Fire Department greets six-month-old Toby Reznor as he helps rescue the Reznor family from their apartment flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on August 29, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas.#

Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai Harrison, held by Dean Mize, as Jason Legnon uses his airboat to rescue them from their home after the area was inundated by Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas.#

Larry Koser Jr., seated in a kayak floating at cabinet height in his kitchen, calls his wife looking for important papers and heirlooms inside his father's house after it was flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017, in the Bear Creek neighborhood of west Houston. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir.#

Wings of Rescue co-pilot Jose G. Martinez reaches for one of the last of of a load of 35 dogs from Texas shelters flown to make space for companion animals rescued in the Hurricane Harvey aftermath in Seattle on August 30, 2017. The dogs arriving in Seattle were already in Texas shelters when Harvey hit and are being transferred to Seattle-area shelters so animals displaced from the flooding can be cared for in Texas until they can be reunited with their families there. The rescue transfer is a collaboration between the Humane Society of the United States, Wings of Rescue, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), and other Seattle-area shelters.#

Alberto Cuevas and his son Eddie rest in their living area at a shelter in Gallery Furniture in Richmond, Texas, on August 30, 2017. Cuevas's family left their Houston home after after an evacuation order was issued for flooding as a result of Hurricane Harvey. The furniture store opened as a shelter, housing as many as 350 people in an area being constructed as a museum of American industry.#

Gillis Leho looks for documents in her car that was submerged in floodwaters in Houston on August 30, 2017. Leho had been planning to evacuate, but had to quickly escape through a window with her grandchildren as rising waters rushed in from nearby Buffalo Bayou. She is staying at the George R. Brown Convention Center but returned home to try and retrieve medications needed for herself and her grandchildren.#

Jannett Martinez holds her cat Gigi as she rides a boat out of her neighborhood, which was inundated after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on August 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas.#

After being struck by three major earthquakes in the past month, rescue workers and volunteers across Mexico have been working around the clock, with the help of local and international teams of sniffer dogs and their handlers.